Re: New...with plenty of issues ~~~~Hi Liz and welcome!

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HI,

First off BREATH!

Your post made even me " tired " .

I do understand your frustration and " I've had it with doctors " . :-)

There is A LOT of information on this site/board.

I suggest you go back about 1 month and begin reading, then we can

talk.

The people here KNOW a lot about a lot.

However it is my belief that you have to ask yourself the question

" What do I want? Really? "

Do you want compelete health?

Or do you want help dealing with symptoms of a disease??

IF you chose the first question and want complete health ( meaning

you no longer have Hashimoto's) then you are seeing the wrong doctors.

IF you want help with your symptoms you are seeing the right doctors

and you'll continue to get the results that you have been getting. A

little tweaking here and there and you may feel better most days.

Hi, I'm Amy and I have the audacity to believe I can heal my body if

I quit doing what I was doing to create it. :-) Read my posts if

ou're interested in something out of the ordinary. For the most part

i think the people on this site tolerate me because I am FUNNY at

times LOL..no just kidding. I think there is validity to all that is

said here..you just have to decide what " kind " of health picture you

want for yourself.

Ok anyone else want to help this young lady out??

Just breath and know you are NOT alone in your feelings.

Be well...

~Amy~

>

> Hi all! I'm new to posting on this board (or any other for that

> matter)...I was diagnosed with Hashi's about 3 years ago while I

was

> living in Las Vegas. I had a wonderful Physician's Assistant. Well,

I

> moved to be closer to family and now live in land. I have had

> the worst time trying to find a good doctor...Here are my woes:

>

> I was slowly ramped up to synthroid 125 mcg and armour thyroid

30mg.

> This worked rather well for me and I felt pretty good. I switched

> pharmacies to a mail order pharmacy and slowly began to have

> problems. I started breaking out terribly on my face and was

> completely out of wack with my energy. Enough trips to the doctor

and

> now my doctor thinks I'm a complete quack! Come to find out that

the

> armour thyroid that I was getting from this online pharmacy was

> different then the one that I had been on from Rite Aid (the A's

were

> different on the pill even, one was block and the other cursive).

By

> this time the doctor had pulled me completely off of the Armour and

I

> was exhausted. I requested a referral to an endocronologist.

>

> The endocronologist did not want to put me back on the armour

either

> and was adjusting the synthroid. At one point he had me up to

150mcg

> and I was purely miserable. My antibodies (anti TPO I think) at

this

> point were over 3000 (I can't find the lab results right now). I

> begged for him to put me back on the Armour and he finally

relented.

> Then, of course he left.

>

> Back and forth with my primary care physician, she has me on an

> antidepressant (zoloft). I don't really think that I need it but

ever

> since I quit smoking 2 years ago I have been a little short

tempered

> and it helps there. I am on the lowest dose.

>

> The new endocronologist wanted to take me back off of the armour

and

> switch to Cytomel. I listened but with the request that if I did

not

> like it he would agree to put my back on my original med's. I was

> feeling alright with the current medication so I don't know why I

> relented except that I try to think that the doctor's know best.

>

> The Cytomel made me feel miserable. Endo took me off of that and

back

> to Synthroid only. Feeling miserable. I self medicate back to

armour

> thyroid (last refill left) so that I can at least feel good through

> the holidays. I have called and left messages with the endo to put

me

> back on the armour and he now refuses stating that there must be

> something else wrong with me. Had the same argument with my PCP. If

> the armour combination makes me feel good then I don't quite

> understand why they will not prescribe it! I have about had it with

> doctor's!!!!!

>

> Any advice????

>

> I have contemplated driving to the doctor that Shomon uses in

> virginia, although not quite sure how far that is! I simply need

> someone to prescribe by symptoms and listen to me and not as if I

was

> a hyponchondriac!!

>

> Liz

>